A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada

Rogers, D. Christopher; Zharov, Anton A.; Neretina, Anna N.; Kuzmina, Svetlana A.; Kotov, Alexey A.

doi:10.3390/w13030280

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A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada

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D. Christopher Rogers

¹

,

Anton A. Zharov

²,

Anna N. Neretina

²

,

Svetlana A. Kuzmina

³ and

Alexey A. Kotov

^2,*

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Kansas Biological Survey, and The Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas, Higuchi Hall, 2101 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3759, USA

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A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky Prt. 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia

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Borissiak Palaeontological Institute, Profsoyuznaya Str. 123, 117997 Moscow, Russia

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Water 2021, 13(3), 280; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030280

Submission received: 27 December 2020 / Accepted: 21 January 2021 / Published: 24 January 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Species Richness and Diversity of Aquatic Ecosystems)

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In this study, we examine, identify, and discuss fossil remains of large branchiopod crustaceans collected from six sites across the Beringian region (north-eastern Asia and north-western North America). Eggs and mandibles from Anostraca and Notostraca, as well as a notostracan telson fragment and a possible notostracan second maxilla, were collected from both paleosediment samples and also from large mammal hair. The remains of large branchiopods and other species that are limited to seasonally astatic aquatic habitats (temporary wetlands) could be useful indicator organisms of paleoecological conditions. Different recent large branchiopod species have very different ecological preferences, with each species limited to specific geochemical component tolerance ranges regarding various salinity, cation, and gypsum concentrations. Our purpose is to bring the potential usefulness of these common fossil organisms to the attention of paleoecologists.

Keywords: Beringia; Pleistocene; fossil; Anostraca; Notostraca; paleoecology; temporary wetlands

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Rogers, D.C.; Zharov, A.A.; Neretina, A.N.; Kuzmina, S.A.; Kotov, A.A. A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada. Water 2021, 13, 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030280

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Rogers DC, Zharov AA, Neretina AN, Kuzmina SA, Kotov AA. A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada. Water. 2021; 13(3):280. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030280

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Rogers, D. Christopher, Anton A. Zharov, Anna N. Neretina, Svetlana A. Kuzmina, and Alexey A. Kotov. 2021. "A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada" Water 13, no. 3: 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030280

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Rogers, D. C., Zharov, A. A., Neretina, A. N., Kuzmina, S. A., & Kotov, A. A. (2021). A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada. Water, 13(3), 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030280

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